07.05.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Pershing Square Experience - Stibbe is advising Pershing Square Holdings, Ltd. ("PSH") on a tender offer to purchase up to an aggregate amount of $300 million of PSH’s public shares. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Heleen Kersten, Rogier Raas, Reinout de Boer, Roderik Vrolijk, Rik van Kessel
03.04.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Buy Way Personal Finance Experience - Stibbe assisted Buy Way Personal Finance, a Belgian-Luxembourg consumer credit provider with the set-up of its inaugural public asset-backed securities (ABS) programme. Read more Team: Philip Van Steenwinkel, Ysaline Mouthuy, Giovanni Smet, Ivan Peeters, Jean-Marc Delcour, Olivier dal Farra
23.03.2018 NL law Stibbe advises B&S Group Experience - Stibbe advised B&S Group on its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam. B&S Group is an international wholesaler and distributor of fast-moving consumer goods across a range of niche markets. Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen, Samuel Gray, Jean-Marc Delcour, Steven Hijink, Rein van Helden
31.01.2018 NL law Stibbe advises Payvision Experience - Stibbe advised Payvision, a global merchant acquirer and omnichannel payment provider, on its strategic partnership with ING. Read more Team: Björn van der Klip, Duco de Boer, Rogier Raas, Paul Quist, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker, Roderik Vrolijk, Geertje Jonker, Judica Krikke, Paul Vestering, Jeroen Smits, Janna van Olst, Johanne Boelhouwer, Floris ten Have, Suzanne Kröner-Rosmalen, Ivo Nelissen
10.11.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Constellium Experience - Stibbe advises Constellium N.V. on its offerings of ordinary shares and notes and on its cash tender offers of notes. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte, Emile Bongers, Jean-Marc Delcour, Anne-Catherine Devaux, IJsbrand van Straten, Rik van Kessel
31.10.2017 NL law Stibbe advises Frigoglass Experience - Stibbe advises Frigoglass on the completion of its restructuring proces Read more Team: Maarten de Bruin, Job van Hooff, Jaap Willeumier, Rein van Helden, Paul Quist, Daisy Nijkamp, Dennis Mollema
09.02.2017 EU law Stibbe advises Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC on the dual-track process of Mauser Group N.V. Experience - Stibbe advises the private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC on the dual-track exit process of Mauser Group N.V., a global producer of industrial packaging. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Manon Cremers, Pieter Schütte, Rein van Helden, Paul Vestering, Michael Molenaars, Emile Bongers, Steven Hijink, IJsbrand van Straten, Dennis Mollema, Lieke Stroeve, Roderik Vrolijk, Nora Offergelt, Ingrid Viertelhauzen
16.12.2016 NL law Stibbe advises Expedia on the IPO of trivago Experience - Expedia is one of the world’s leading travel companies, with an extensive brand portfolio that includes some of the world’s most trusted online travel brands, including trivago. trivago is a global hotel search platform, in which Expedia holds 65.6% of the shares. Read more Team: Hans Witteveen, Pieter Schütte, Manon Cremers, Fons Leijten, Michael Molenaars, Paul Vestering, IJsbrand van Straten, Emile Bongers, Barbara Bier, Nora Offergelt, Rik van Kessel, Julie-Anne Siegers, Bas Buirma
02.08.2016 NL law Stibbe advises on additional notes offering of NXP Semiconductors Experience - Stibbe advises Barclays on the additional notes offering of NXP Semiconductors for an amount of USD 500 million. Read more Pieter Schütte Partner Amsterdam
23.06.2016 Stibbe advises Aegon on the launch of the first General Pension Fund in the Netherlands Experience - Stibbe has made a significant contribution to the establishment of the first General Pension Fund in the Netherlands. Aegon is the first company to receive approval from the Dutch Central Bank to launch a General Pension Fund in the Netherlands. This offers a cost-effective alternative for new and existing company pension schemes. Read more
13.06.2016 Stibbe advises on the IPO of Philips Lighting Experience - Stibbe advises Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan (as joint global coordinators) and the other underwriters on the IPO of Philips Lighting. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Sophie Zwartkruis-Bakker
10.06.2016 Stibbe advises on the IPO of Basic-Fit Experience - Stibbe advises Basic-Fit, the largest "value-for-money" fitness club operator in Europe as measured by number of clubs, on its IPO. Read more Team: Duco de Boer, Manon Cremers, Pieter Schütte, Jeroen Smits, Paul Vestering, Steven Hijink, Dennis Mollema, Muriël Rosing, Lieke Stroeve, Johan Vrolijk
25.04.2018 EU law 25 April 2018: Stibbe sponsors LPEA Insights conference in Luxembourg on 'Building the Real Economy' Conference - LPEA, Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, organises a conference in Luxembourg, which brings on stage General Partners (GPs) and Limited Partners (LPs) to discuss and showcase the private equity sector from the perspective of local practitioners, together with additional contributions from guest speakers specially invited to the event. Stibbe Luxembourg is a proud sponsor of this event, which some of our lawyers will attend. Read more Team: Gérald Origer, Claire-Marie Darnand, Renaud Graas
23.01.2018 BE law Changes to the law on financing SMEs Articles - The Act of 21 December 2013 on the financing of SMEs (the “SME Financing Act”) introduced legislation that regulates how SMEs are financed [1]. On 8 January of this year, the law amending the SME Financing Act has entered into force (the “Amending Act”). Read more Team: Ivan Peeters, Philip Van Steenwinkel
09.11.2017 BE law Important changes to Belgian REITs legislation Articles - Today, the 9th of November 2017, the Belgian Act amending the Act of 12 May 2014 on regulated real estate companies (the “Reviewed REITs Act”) was published in the Belgian Official Journal. Read more Team: Jan Bogaert, Wim Panis
11.08.2017 NL law ESMA APM Q&A Short Reads - On 12 July 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released an updated version of its questions and answers (the “Q&A”) on alternative performance measures (“APMs”). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen
20.04.2018 NL law Hosting MAR-symposium and publication Market Abuse Handbook Inside Stibbe - To coincide with the publication of the third edition of the Market Abuse Handbook, Stibbe's Amsterdam office hosted a symposium for all partners of the Research Center for Entrepreneurship and Law (OO&R), organised by the OO&R, on Wednesday 11 April 2018. Read more Steven Hijink Counsel Amsterdam
12.01.2018 BE law 7 February 2018: Stibbe hosts a Loan Market Association seminar Seminar - Our Brussels office is hosting a seminar organized by Loan Market Association (LMA), covering selected topics for the Belgian lending market. Read more Team: Wouter Ghijsels, Ivan Peeters, Frederik Vandendriessche, Giovanni Smet
04.10.2017 EU law Stibbe attends IBA’s annual conference in Sydney Conference - The International Bar Association (IBA) organises its Annual Conference from 8-13 October. This year’s edition takes place in Sydney, Australia’s leading global city. A team from Stibbe’s offices worldwide attends this prestigious event for international lawyers. Read more Team: Derk Lemstra, Jan Peeters, Jan Bogaert, Claire-Marie Darnand, Diogo Duarte de Oliveira, Wouter Ghijsels, Pieter Schütte, Erik Valgaeren, Hendrik Viaene, Rein Wesseling, Jaap Willeumier, Hans Witteveen
01.08.2017 NL law Eumedion Evaluates 2017 Dutch Proxy Season Short Reads - On 10 July 2017, Eumedion released its evaluation of the 2017 Dutch proxy season. The evaluation reports on a number of findings, including the following two notable points: Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen
02.03.2018 EU law Een kritische blik op recente ontwikkelingen in China Articles - Xi Jinping wordt de nieuwe Mao, HNA zet 100,000 mensen op straat en Peking pleegt een coup bij Anbang. China was de laatste dagen niet uit het nieuws weg te slaan. Wat betekent dit voor onze bedrijven? Read more Jan Bogaert Partner Brussels
13.11.2017 BE law Unfair contract terms and investment instruments - a balancing act Articles - Stibbe contributed to the IBJ/IJE publication regarding the evolution of corporate law. Read more Team: Ivan Peeters, Sarah De Dijn
24.09.2017 NL law ESMA MAR Q&A Short Reads - On 1 September 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released the seventh version of its questions and answers (the “Q&A”) on the Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014) (“MAR”). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen
26.07.2017 NL law ESMA MAR Q&A Short Reads - On 6 July 2017, the European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) released the sixth version of its questions and answers (the “Q&A”) on the Market Abuse Regulation (No. 596/2014) (“MAR”). Read more Team: Pieter Schütte, Nora Offergelt, Samuel Gray, Emilie Renardel de Lavalette, Pelle van Manen